Singer, Pianist, Comic JIMMY DURANTE – Photo Signed

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Jimmy Durante (1893-1980) Singer, pianist, comedian. Durante distinctive clipped gravelly speech, Lower East Side Manhattan accent, comic language-butchery, jazz-influenced songs, and prominent nose helped make him one of America’s most familiar and popular personalities of the 1920s through the 1970s. 5” x 7” matte finish, black and white photograph, signed against a dark background, To Leila It’s sure a Pleasure Best – Jimmy Durante”.